material heresy

English

Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin haeresis māteriālis.

Noun

material heresy (plural material heresies)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) An opinion that is objectively contradictory to the teachings of the Church, and as such heretical, but which is uttered by a person without the subjective knowledge of it being so.
    Coordinate term: formal heresy
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